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    3. 荒唐無稽

    荒唐無稽

    荒こう唐とう無む稽けい

    absurd

    KMT10News #35+1Noun, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab46 strokes

    こうとうむけい

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    absurd, nonsensical, preposterous
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    その話はなしは荒こう唐とう無む稽けいだ。

    That story is absurd.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの主しゅ張ちょうは荒こう唐とう無む稽けいで、誰だれも信しんじなかった。

    His claim was preposterous, and no one believed it.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    荒こう唐とう無む稽けいなアイデアが、時ときには新あたらしい発はっ見けんにつながることもある。

    Absurd ideas can sometimes lead to new discoveries.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyScience & Math
    そのSF小しょう説せつは、荒こう唐とう無む稽けいな設せっ定ていが魅み力りょくだ。

    The charm of that sci-fi novel lies in its absurd premise.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの政せい策さく提てい案あんは、あまりにも荒こう唐とう無む稽けいだと批きは判んされた。

    His policy proposal was criticized as being too preposterous.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    荒
    あ.らす・あ.れる・あら.い・すさ.ぶ・すさ.む・あ.らし…(2)
    laid waste・rough・rude・wild
    唐
    から…(3)
    T'ang・China・foreign
    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    稽
    かんが.える・とど.める…(1)
    think・consider
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